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April 10, 2014 · 10:20 am

Close Up – UPDATE – A big Week in May

Cool news from Close Up. – 300 students at our Hotel. These are really really big numbers guys !

The Play on Wednesday night is – 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee..its a musical, its at Ford’s Theatre. And it has gotten rave reviews. Go here for a review.

I’ll have total bills for you next week. Don’t forget to get folks out to the Buffalo Wild Wings Dinner on Monday April 21.

Schools at our Hotel are from:
Arizona
South Dakota
Washington State
Colorado
Chicago
Texas
Florida
Pennslyvania
Louisiana
Detroit
Montana
New Mexico
Virgin Islands
Vermont
Wisconsin
Oakridge High School in Muskegon, MI – That’s US!

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March 31, 2014 · 1:26 pm

Colleen Lamonte re-election kick off – March 31, 2014

There’s been a lot of confusion over tonight’s event – sorry about that – a kick off reception for the re-election of Colleen Lamonte for Michigan House. As many of you do or don’t know, Oakridge junior Carla Kevern volunteers for Representative Lamonte. Carla is attending the event tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Whitlow’s Restaurant in Muskegon.

Carla came to me on Thursday and asked if I knew of some girls who would like to attend. The organization milist.org, a progressive political woman’s organization agreed to sponsor Oakridge students who I recommended to attend the event. I provided Brandon Gemzer (Oakridge Alumni President) and an aid to Congressman Lamonte, a list of students. After that communication kind of broke down. I spoke today with Brandon…he is emailing me a list of invited students. If you would like to go, please dress nicely (no jeans) – businesswomen attire. Try to get there between 6:00 and 6:30.

What can you expect – an interesting experience. This is a political event so people will be making speeches. Many women in the Muskegon business community will be present. It’s also good for young people, particularly young women to attend such an event. There will be hors doeuvers – not dinner – but you’ll have something to munch on. I think the greatest opportunity that this presents is for you to experience a political event. Use that experience. Talk to people. Listen. Ask questions. Take this as a life experience – make sure to thank the people who got you there – and make the most of the night.

I know that Carla and Ivy and Brieanna are all going. Contact them or myself (616-402-8668) if you have a question. Have a great time. I’ll be anxious to hear tomorrow how it all goes.

Mr Wood

The following individuals have been invited to attend:

Ivy Lewis
Brieanna Ferguson
Anna Chase
Nicole Depender
Shannon Depender
Brock Luttrull
Michael Doom
Paula Shay
Dominique Jessen
Kelly Snow

PS…I would join you. However, I feel if I did it might be construed by some as a conflict of interest – that I was recruiting you to Representative Lamonte. I just think it would be an empowering experience for you all. I don’t want to muddy the waters; you decide on your own, what political candidates you support – the experience will be rich I’m sure for Democrat or Republican.

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March 28, 2014 · 6:26 pm

March 27, 2014 – A day of reflection

Reflections from Oakridge High School….On Thursday Kelly Snow (OHS c/o 2014) invited

Reverend Bill Freeman into our classroom. Reverend Freeman married 58 same sex couples in Muskegon on Saturday March 23. He spoke with us intimately about last Saturday, about those couples whom he joined together, he talked of his calling to the ministry, his stay in jail, and his life’s work to fight non-violently for peace and justice. The setting and exchange was soft. Bill perched on a chair in front of the room. He didn’t preach about religion or politics. He shied away from no question. And he opened up his heart to all; a couple times it got a little emotional. He stayed overtime and talked with two classes. We all laughed a lot Continue reading →

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March 22, 2014 · 9:21 pm

Close Up Spaghetti Dinner – Well Done Guys!

Well, we did it! I didn’t think that it could be done…but you all did such a nice job. You worked hard. You had a good time. No whining; just working. I’m impressed…

Make sure to thank everybody who made it happen…starting with the cooks! Come on – thank em every day until we go…and then buy em a DC Kitchen T-shirt for providing us the kitchen experience. And of course Mr. Lohman for unleashing the entire girls’ soccer team. Jennie Craine and Bre Ferguson and Christina Springsdorf were a great help! I know I saw Mr. Green and Mrs Baijrano and Coach Harger and Mrs. Arch and Mrs Lutrull and Mr. Lohman and Mr. Addicator and Mrs. Beets scarfing spaghetti. Thank all your friends who bought tickets and all the teachers who bought em, even though they couldn’t make it. And of course we must recognize the relentless efforts of Hunters’ grandma who got the ball rolling. And to Kelly’s mom – thanks for your kind donation. Cole’s bakery donated all the crazy good garlic bread and Jarrod Shankel at E & A provided sauce and spaghetti. And Hunter Giles even made it to the festivities…Thanks to all! Continue reading →

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March 18, 2014 · 8:08 pm

Blendspace and Audioboo

Blendspace and Audio boo are great ways to organize yourself and your message and communicate with those in common thought. Let’s take a look at each, and how they can best serve your cause.

Go here for link to Blendspace. Set up your own account, and play around with the site. It’s really user friendly and simple to work around. Take a look at couple of Mr. Wood’s creations…it’ll give you an idea of what works and what doesn’t work.